About me

Dr Gayathri (Gee) Wijesinghe, is a teaching & research academic in Management at the Business School, at the University of South Australia. She teaches in the areas of tourism, hospitality and festivals/events. Prior to joining academia Dr Wijesinghe worked in the hospitality industry, in a number of 5 star hotels. After migrating to Australia from Sri Lanka, Dr Wijesinghe completed her Bachelor of Management (Tourism and Hospitality) and Ph.D., at the University of South Australia. Her Ph.D. research involved a study of the lived experience of hotel receptionists using a Phenomenological and Hermeneutic approach.

Dr Wijesinghe is interested in the historical and sociological aspects of hospitality. ... Read more

About me

Dr Gayathri (Gee) Wijesinghe, is a teaching & research academic in Management at the Business School, at the University of South Australia. She teaches in the areas of tourism, hospitality and festivals/events. Prior to joining academia Dr Wijesinghe worked in the hospitality industry, in a number of 5 star hotels. After migrating to Australia from Sri Lanka, Dr Wijesinghe completed her Bachelor of Management (Tourism and Hospitality) and Ph.D., at the University of South Australia. Her Ph.D. research involved a study of the lived experience of hotel receptionists using a Phenomenological and Hermeneutic approach.

Dr Wijesinghe is interested in the historical and sociological aspects of hospitality. Her research interests in brief include:

Other projects

Role that Australian restauranteurs play in teaching sustainability to their customers (titled: A taste of sustainability through tourism and hospitality: Can restaurateurs contribute to sustainability pedagogy and urban place-making efforts?)

Australian Aboriginal native food suppliers (titled Bush to Table: Connecting the restaurant and catering sector with Indigenous food producers for their mutual benefit)

Use of creative Idea Generation tools for designing hospitality and festival concepts